Sources of dissolved carbon in large rivers: Insights from coupled 13C-14C in the upper Changjiang (Yangtze) River

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作者
Zhong, Jun [1 ]
Galy, Albert [2 ]
Zolkos, Scott [3 ]
Xu, Sheng [1 ]
Liu, Cong-Qiang [1 ]
Li, Si-Liang [1 ]
机构
[1] Tianjin Univ, Inst Surface Earth Syst Sci, Sch Earth Syst Sci, Tianjin 300072, Peoples R China
[2] UL, CRPG, CNRS, 15 Rue Notre Dames Pauvres, F-54500 Vandoeuvre Les Nancy, France
[3] Woodwell Climate Res Ctr, Falmouth, MA 02540 USA
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
Physiographic conditions; Chemical weathering; Carbon cycling; Carbon isotopes; Upper Changjiang River; ORGANIC-MATTER; AQUATIC CARBON; FLUXES; TERRESTRIAL; CLIMATE; DIOXIDE; VARIABILITY; SENSITIVITY; CHEMISTRY; WATERS;
D O I
10.1016/j.epsl.2024.118813
中图分类号
P3 [地球物理学]; P59 [地球化学];
学科分类号
0708 ; 070902 ;
摘要
Export of dissolved carbon from rivers connects terrestrial and oceanic carbon cycling, and represents a key component of global carbon budgets. In this study, we measured the concentrations of major ions, the sulfur isotopic composition of sulfate, and the stable (delta 13CDIC) and radioactive (Delta 14CDIC) isotopic composition of the dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) in the upper Changjiang (Yangtze) River, China. Their spatio-temporal variabilities give constrains on carbon cycling across catchments with diverse physiographic conditions (e.g. climate, hydrology, geology, land-use change). Daily DIC fluxes were modeled using a hydro-chemical approach and showed significant temporal variations agreeing with the measured data, and supporting a conservative mixing behavior in river channel, similar to variations in anions and cations concentrations. However, the modeled (delta 13CDIC) were always higher (up to 3.1 parts per thousand, and 0.8 parts per thousand on average) than the measured values. In addition, Delta 14CDIC would suggest a much lower carbonate contribution (8 to 33%) than concentration mixing relationship (40 to 64%). From the chemical weathering reaction front to the riverine transport, DIC can be processed with little net change in concentration but isotopic exchange and it can also exchange with the soil and/or atmospheric CO2 as an open system. The openness parameter (yr) uses the Delta 14CDIC to estimate the extent of such exchange, ranging from 0 (fully closed system) to 1 (fully open system) and varied from 0.26 +/- 0.10 to 0.86 +/- 0.06. yr showed a strong relationship with drainage mean elevation, likely to represent the elevation-induced climate variation (i.e. precipitation and temperature) but also the proportion of cropland in the drainage area. All of these parameters are correlated and point toward a biological impact on yr. In addition, modern DIC yield, estimated from Delta 14CDIC, is positively correlated to yr. This study demonstrates that Delta 14CDIC measurements can greatly underestimate the contribution of carbonate-derived carbon because of exchange (estimated by yr) especially in high biologicalproductivity areas.
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